Found 2023 results for "?type=Blog"
Standards of childcare have risen and the number of places in England is up by 15 per cent, according to Ofsted's annual report published this week. The report shows an increase in the number of...
Staff in the pre-school room at Positive Steps Day Nursery in Peterlee, Country Durham, have been encouraging children to play imaginatively with water by creating an undersea atmosphere to surround...
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell sees nothing to get excited about in the Conservative Party's childcare agenda You would not want to go into a general election promising to match pound for pound...
Local authority-run schools continue to ‘outshine’ those converted to academies, according to new research by the Local Government Association (LGA).
By Sue Owen, director of NCB's early childhood unit I think we've become too snobbish about the word 'quality'. We feel that it no longer means anything because it has too many different meanings for...
What can you make? Staff in the Red Room at the Childcare Centre, Darlington College, make use of all available space to encourage children to work independently. This includes utilising the backs and...
New health screening for babies checks for four rare conditions - which can be treated through dietary management. Public Health England explains
Family and friends carers raising children are being left to fend for themselves and suffer significant levels of hardship, as local authorities fail to implement Government policy, according to a new...
The introduction of a pre-paid card similar to an Oyster for parents to pay for childcare, is just one of the recommendations outlined in a new report calling for radical reform of childcare funding.
A nursery that was set to offer seven-day, round-the-clock care has been refused registration by Ofsted.